Feather-renovator



(No Model.)

- G. W. BINGAMAN.

FeatherRenOvator.

No. 240,808. Pa t ented May 3,1881. I

WITNESSES! I 'INVENTOR V l ATTORNjY.

agus Pum'mmjuoeRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D. G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. BINGAMAN, OF GEORGETOWN, ASSIGN OR TO AMI. BINGAMAN AND PETER MGKEE, BOTH OF NEW HOPE, OHIO.

FEATH ER-RENOVATO R.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 240,808, dated May 3, 1881.

Application filed June 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BINGAMAN, of Georgetown, in the county of Brown and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful 1m provement in Feather-Renovators,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the improved renovator, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional View.

The object in this invention is to improve that class of machines known as feather-renovators, and it consists in a cylinder octagonally formed and having closed ends. This is provided with one or more openings, either on the sides or on the ends. In the interior screens are arranged on the sides, a slight distance from the interior surface, and centrally a pipe passes 20 longitudinally through the cylinder. This pipe is provided with arms which beat the feathers as the pipe revolves, while steam passes out from suitable jets in the middle portion of the pipe, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the cylinder, and A the ends. Suitable legs B are provided at each end, as shown.

In the interior, eight screens, (1, are arranged a short distance from the inside of the cylinder 0' A, each screen being provided with a separate frame composed of the side and end pieces, E D.

Passing centrally through the cylinder is a pipe, E,journaled in the heads A, and capab'le of being revolved. In the middle portion 3 5 of this pipe four or more jets, F, are provided through which the steam enters the cylinder from the pipe E, for the purpose of beating the feathers within.

The operation of my improved feather-ren- (No model.)

ovator is as follows: When the feathers are 4.0 first placed in the reuovator there is always more or less dust and dirt in them which can be taken out without the application of moisture. Accordingly, the central pipe, E, containing the beaters is setin motion, and the feathers will be beaten before the steam is turned on. The dust and dirt from the feathers pass through the screens and collect in the space between the screens and the cylinder A, from which theyca-n readily be removed. After 0 this the steam is admitted, the pipe E and arms Gare rotated, and the feathers thoroughly cleaned. p,

I am aware that Letters Patent No. 188,504 show a double-walled wheel; but the interior wall in said patent is not composed of removable screens on all ofits sides, as shown in my invention, and, moreover, said wheel is designed to revolve either on or with the shaft. I therefore disclaim a double-walled wheel, and I also disclaim the central revolving shaft having beaters and steamjets, except so far as itrelates to a stationary cylinder having an inner wall composed of screens.

Having described my invention, what I 6 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The octagonally-tbrmed stationary cylinder A, having within ita wall composed of separate removable screens 0, extending around the entireinner surface, in combination with a central revolving pipe having steam nozzles, jets, and heaters, all operating as herein set forth.

GEO. W. BINGAMAN.

Witnesses:

AL. BECK, W. F. Boss. 

